CLAS-240 Walls & Floors

Wall Painting

“Campana Tomb,” wall painting, from Veii (Archaic period, dated to early 6th c. BC)
“Campana Tomb,” wall painting, from Veii (Archaic period, dated to early 6th c. BC)
Watercolor Reconstruction of “Tomb of the Diver,” tomb burial: From above; from Poseidonia (Archaic period, dated to ca. 480 BC; now at Archaeological museum of Paestum)
Watercolor Reconstruction of “Tomb of the Diver,” tomb burial: From above; from Poseidonia (Archaic period, dated to ca. 480 BC; now at Archaeological museum of Paestum)
“Tomb of the Diver,” wall painting: Symposium scene; used as tomb, from Poseidonia (now at Museo Nazionale, Paestum)
“Tomb of the Diver,” wall painting: Symposium scene; used as tomb, from Poseidonia (now at Museo Nazionale, Paestum)
Wall painting: Dancers and musicians; from Tomb of the Triclinium, Tarquinia (Etruscan period, dated to ca.480-470 BC)
Wall painting: Dancers and musicians; from Tomb of the Triclinium, Tarquinia (Etruscan period, dated to ca.480-470 BC)
Wall painting: Aulos (flute) player; from Tomb of the Triclinium, Tarquinia (Etruscan period, dated to ca. 480-470 BC)
Wall painting: Aulos (flute) player; from Tomb of the Triclinium, Tarquinia (Etruscan period, dated to ca. 480-470 BC)
“Tomb of the Augurs,” wall painting: Side wall; from Cerveteri (Archaic period, dated to 540-530 BC)
“Tomb of the Augurs,” wall painting: Side wall; from Cerveteri (Archaic period, dated to 540-530 BC)
“Tomb of the Augurs,” wall painting: Rear wall of burial chamber; from Cerveteri, made of stone (Archaic period, dated to 540-530 BC)
“Tomb of the Augurs,” wall painting: Rear wall of burial chamber; from Cerveteri, made of stone (Archaic period, dated to 540-530 BC)
Wall painting: Masked “Phersu”; from Tomb of the Augurs, Tarquinia (Etruscan period, dated to 540-530 BC)
Wall painting: Masked “Phersu”; from Tomb of the Augurs, Tarquinia (Etruscan period, dated to 540-530 BC)
“Tomb of the Baron,” wall painting: Scenes of leave-taking; from Tarquinii, Etruria (Archaic period, dated to c. 510 BC)
“Tomb of the Baron,” wall painting: Scenes of leave-taking; from Tarquinii, Etruria (Archaic period, dated to c. 510 BC)
“Tomb of the Shields,” wall painting: Of Velcha family; from Tarquinia (Classical period, dated to 4th c. BC)
“Tomb of the Shields,” wall painting: Of Velcha family; from Tarquinia (Classical period, dated to 4th c. BC)
Drawing Reconstruction of “François Tomb,” wall painting: 19th century copy; made of fresco (dated to 4th c. BC)
Drawing Reconstruction of “François Tomb,” wall painting: 19th century copy; made of fresco (dated to 4th c. BC)
“François Tomb,” wall painting: Greek and Etruscan heroes (Classical period, dated to 4th c. BC)
“François Tomb,” wall painting: Greek and Etruscan heroes (Classical period, dated to 4th c. BC)
Drawing Reconstruction of “François Tomb,” wall painting: 19th century copy; used as tomb, made of fresco (dated to 4th c. BC)
Drawing Reconstruction of “François Tomb,” wall painting: 19th century copy; used as tomb, made of fresco (dated to 4th c. BC)
“François Tomb,” wall painting: Master of the tomb with a servant; used as tomb, from Vulci, made of fresco (Etruscan period, dated to 4th c. BC)
“François Tomb,” wall painting: Master of the tomb with a servant; used as tomb, from Vulci, made of fresco (Etruscan period, dated to 4th c. BC)
“Alexander Mosaic,” mosaic: After ca. 310 BC original by Philoxenos?; from House of the Faun, Pompeii (Republican period, dated to 1st c. BC; now at Mus. Naz. Naples)
“Alexander Mosaic,” mosaic: After ca. 310 BC original by Philoxenos?; from House of the Faun, Pompeii (Republican period, dated to 1st c. BC; now at Mus. Naz. Naples)
Tomb architecture: Decorated facade; from Macedonia (Hellenistic period)
Tomb architecture: Decorated facade; from Macedonia (Hellenistic period)
Wall painting: Decorated facade; from Vergina, Macedonia, made of fresco (Classical period, dated to ca. 340 BC)
Wall painting: Decorated facade; from Vergina, Macedonia, made of fresco (Classical period, dated to ca. 340 BC)
Wall painting: Tomb facade; from Vergina, Macedonia, made of fresco (Classical period, dated to ca. 340 BC)
Wall painting: Tomb facade; from Vergina, Macedonia, made of fresco (Classical period, dated to ca. 340 BC)
Wall painting: Tomb facade; from Vergina, Macedonia, made of fresco (Classical period, dated to ca. 340 BC)
Wall painting: Tomb facade; from Vergina, Macedonia, made of fresco (Classical period, dated to ca. 340 BC)
Wall painting: Prothesis; used as tomb, from Paestum (Lucanian period)
Wall painting: Prothesis; used as tomb, from Paestum (Lucanian period)
Wall painting used as tomb, from Paestum (Lucanian period)
Wall painting used as tomb, from Paestum (Lucanian period)
Wall painting: Scene of prothesis in Lucanian tomb; used as tomb, from Paestum (Hellenistic period, dated to 4th c. BC)
Wall painting: Scene of prothesis in Lucanian tomb; used as tomb, from Paestum (Hellenistic period, dated to 4th c. BC)
Wall painting used as tomb, from Paestum (Lucanian period)
Wall painting used as tomb, from Paestum (Lucanian period)
Wall painting (Hellenistic period, dated to 4th c. BC; now at Museo Naz. Arch., Paestum)
Wall painting (Hellenistic period, dated to 4th c. BC; now at Museo Naz. Arch., Paestum)
Wall painting: Combat or contest?; from Paestum (Hellenistic period, dated to 4th c. BC; now at Museo Naz. Arch., Paestum)
Wall painting: Combat or contest?; from Paestum (Hellenistic period, dated to 4th c. BC; now at Museo Naz. Arch., Paestum)
Wall painting: Scene with Fabian historical subject from tomb; from Esquiline Hill, Rome, made of fresco (Republican period, dated to Early 3rd c. BC; now at Palazzo dei Conservatori)
Wall painting: Scene with Fabian historical subject from tomb; from Esquiline Hill, Rome, made of fresco (Republican period, dated to Early 3rd c. BC; now at Palazzo dei Conservatori)

Pompeian Styles

Wall painting, from Samnite House, Herculaneum, in 1st Pompeiian style (Republican period, dated to late 2nd-early 1st c. BC)
Wall painting, from Samnite House, Herculaneum, in 1st Pompeiian style (Republican period, dated to late 2nd-early 1st c. BC)
“House of Griffins,” wall painting: Beg. II style; made of fresco, in 1st Pompeiian style (Augustan period, dated to 80-60 BC; now at Antiquarium of the Palatine)
“House of Griffins,” wall painting: Beg. II style; made of fresco, in 1st Pompeiian style (Augustan period, dated to 80-60 BC; now at Antiquarium of the Palatine)
“Villa of the Mysteries,” wall painting: Initiation scene into the mysteries of Dionysos; from Villa of the Mysteries, Pompeii, in 2nd Pompeiian style (Late-Republican period, dated to c. 50 BC)
“Villa of the Mysteries,” wall painting: Initiation scene into the mysteries of Dionysos; from Villa of the Mysteries, Pompeii, in 2nd Pompeiian style (Late-Republican period, dated to c. 50 BC)
Wall painting: Initiation scene, left wall. reading of ritual; sacrifice; pastoral scene w/ Silenus and satyrs. terrified woman; from Villa of the Mysteries, Pompeii, in 2nd Pompeiian style (Late-Republican period, dated to mid-1st c. BC)
Wall painting: Initiation scene, left wall. reading of ritual; sacrifice; pastoral scene w/ Silenus and satyrs. terrified woman; from Villa of the Mysteries, Pompeii, in 2nd Pompeiian style (Late-Republican period, dated to mid-1st c. BC)
“Villa of the Mysteries,” wall painting: Initiation into the Dionysian mysteries. Det. Sileno -> terror stricken girl on left wall. Large oecus; from Villa of the Mysteries, Pompeii, in 2nd Pompeiian style (Late-Republican period, dated to c. 60 BC)
“Villa of the Mysteries,” wall painting: Initiation into the Dionysian mysteries. Det. Sileno -> terror stricken girl on left wall. Large oecus; from Villa of the Mysteries, Pompeii, in 2nd Pompeiian style (Late-Republican period, dated to c. 60 BC)
Wall painting: Girl undergoing the ordeal; from Villa of the Mysteries, Pompeii, in 2nd Pompeiian style (Late-Republican period, dated to 40-30 BC)
Wall painting: Girl undergoing the ordeal; from Villa of the Mysteries, Pompeii, in 2nd Pompeiian style (Late-Republican period, dated to 40-30 BC)
Wall painting: The Bridal Toliet; from Villa of the Mysteries, Pompeii, in 2nd Pompeiian style (Late-Republican period)
Wall painting: The Bridal Toliet; from Villa of the Mysteries, Pompeii, in 2nd Pompeiian style (Late-Republican period)
Wall painting: The Odyssey: arriving in the land of the Laestrygonians; from Rome, House of the Esquline, made of fresco, in 2nd Pompeiian style (Late-Republican period, dated to 50-40 BC; now at Vatican, Biblioteca Apostolica)
Wall painting: The Odyssey: arriving in the land of the Laestrygonians; from Rome, House of the Esquline, made of fresco, in 2nd Pompeiian style (Late-Republican period, dated to 50-40 BC; now at Vatican, Biblioteca Apostolica)
Wall painting: Io watched over by Argus; from House of Livia, Rome, made of fresco, in 2nd Pompeiian style (Late-Republican period, dated to early 1st c)
Wall painting: Io watched over by Argus; from House of Livia, Rome, made of fresco, in 2nd Pompeiian style (Late-Republican period, dated to early 1st c)
Wall painting: Main salon with mural fresco of garden and birds; from Livia’s Villa, Prima Porta, made of fresco, in 2nd Pompeiian style (Late-Republican period, dated to 1st 1/2 of 1st. c. BC; now at Mus. Naz. Rome)
Wall painting: Main salon with mural fresco of garden and birds; from Livia’s Villa, Prima Porta, made of fresco, in 2nd Pompeiian style (Late-Republican period, dated to 1st 1/2 of 1st. c. BC; now at Mus. Naz. Rome)
Wall painting: Detail; from Livia’s Villa, Prima Porta, made of fresco (Late-Republican period, dated to 1st 1/2 of 1st c. BC)
Wall painting: Detail; from Livia’s Villa, Prima Porta, made of fresco (Late-Republican period, dated to 1st 1/2 of 1st c. BC)
Wall painting: Frieze with landscape; from House of Livia, Rome, made of fresco, in 2nd Pompeiian style (Late-Republican period, dated to early 1st c)
Wall painting: Frieze with landscape; from House of Livia, Rome, made of fresco, in 2nd Pompeiian style (Late-Republican period, dated to early 1st c)
Wall painting: Black oecus (?); from Villa under the Farnesina, in 3rd Pompeiian style (Augustan period, dated to 19 BC or 30-25 BC (?); now at Nat. Mus. Rome (detached wall ptg.))
Wall painting: Black oecus (?); from Villa under the Farnesina, in 3rd Pompeiian style (Augustan period, dated to 19 BC or 30-25 BC (?); now at Nat. Mus. Rome (detached wall ptg.))
Wall painting: South wall of Tablinum; from House of Lucretius Fronto, Pompeii, in 3rd Pompeiian style (Imperial period, dated to c. 50 AD)
Wall painting: South wall of Tablinum; from House of Lucretius Fronto, Pompeii, in 3rd Pompeiian style (Imperial period, dated to c. 50 AD)
Wall painting, from House of the Vestals, Pompeii, in 4th Pompeiian style (dated to c. AD 70; now at Museum National Naples)
Wall painting, from House of the Vestals, Pompeii, in 4th Pompeiian style (dated to c. AD 70; now at Museum National Naples)
Wall painting: mural showing architectural motifs and painted landscapes; from Domus Aurea, Rome (dated to AD 64-68)
Wall painting: mural showing architectural motifs and painted landscapes; from Domus Aurea, Rome (dated to AD 64-68)
Wall painting: oecus; panel showing the infant Hercules strangling serpents; from House of the Vettii, Pompeii, made of fresco (dated to AD 63-79)
Wall painting: oecus; panel showing the infant Hercules strangling serpents; from House of the Vettii, Pompeii, made of fresco (dated to AD 63-79)
Wall painting: Baby Hercules strangles the serpents; from House of the Vettii, Pompeii
Wall painting: Baby Hercules strangles the serpents; from House of the Vettii, Pompeii
“Ixion Room,” wall painting: Triclinium behind right-hand ala; from House of the Vetti, Pompeii, in 4th Pompeiian style
“Ixion Room,” wall painting: Triclinium behind right-hand ala; from House of the Vetti, Pompeii, in 4th Pompeiian style
Painting: Daedalus presents cow to Pasiphae; from House of the Vettii, Pompeii
Painting: Daedalus presents cow to Pasiphae; from House of the Vettii, Pompeii
Wall painting: cupids as goldsmith workers; from House of the Vettii, Pompeii
Wall painting: cupids as goldsmith workers; from House of the Vettii, Pompeii

Mosaic

Mosaic: Pebbled; from Pella (Hellenistic period, dated to 4-3rd c. BC)
Mosaic: Pebbled; from Pella (Hellenistic period, dated to 4-3rd c. BC)
Mosaic, from Olynthos (dated to 4th c. BC)
Mosaic, from Olynthos (dated to 4th c. BC)
Mosaic: Dionysos on a panther; from Pella (Hellenistic period)
Mosaic: Dionysos on a panther; from Pella (Hellenistic period)
Mosaic by Gnosis: Stag hunt; from Pella (Hellenistic period, dated to 3rd c. BC)
Mosaic by Gnosis: Stag hunt; from Pella (Hellenistic period, dated to 3rd c. BC)
Mosaic: Dionysos on a cheetah(?); from House of the Masks, Delos (Hellenistic period, dated to ca. 100 BC)
Mosaic: Dionysos on a cheetah(?); from House of the Masks, Delos (Hellenistic period, dated to ca. 100 BC)
“Alexander Mosaic,” mosaic: After ca. 310 BC original by Philoxenos?; from House of the Faun, Pompeii (Republican period, dated to 1st c. BC; now at Mus. Naz. Naples)
“Alexander Mosaic,” mosaic: After ca. 310 BC original by Philoxenos?; from House of the Faun, Pompeii (Republican period, dated to 1st c. BC; now at Mus. Naz. Naples)
“Alexander Mosaic,” mosaic: Detail of Darius; from House of the Faun, Pompeii (Republican period, dated to 1st c. BC; now at Mus. Naz. Naples)
“Alexander Mosaic,” mosaic: Detail of Darius; from House of the Faun, Pompeii (Republican period, dated to 1st c. BC; now at Mus. Naz. Naples)
“Alexander mosaic,” mosaic, from House of the Faun, Pompeii (Republican period, dated to 1st c. BC; now at Mus. Naz., Naples)
“Alexander mosaic,” mosaic, from House of the Faun, Pompeii (Republican period, dated to 1st c. BC; now at Mus. Naz., Naples)
“Alexander mosaic,” mosaic: detail; from House of the Faun, Pompeii (Republican period, dated to 1st c. BC; now at Museo Nazionale, Naples)
“Alexander mosaic,” mosaic: detail; from House of the Faun, Pompeii (Republican period, dated to 1st c. BC; now at Museo Nazionale, Naples)
Mosaic: Nile scene; from Sanctuary of Fortuna, Praeneste (Late-Republican period, dated to c. 100 BC; now at Mus. Naz., Palestrina)
Mosaic: Nile scene; from Sanctuary of Fortuna, Praeneste (Late-Republican period, dated to c. 100 BC; now at Mus. Naz., Palestrina)
Mosaic: Nile scene
Mosaic: Nile scene
“Nile mosaic,” mosaic
“Nile mosaic,” mosaic
Mosaic: (H)Ave; from Pompeii, with mosaic
Mosaic: (H)Ave; from Pompeii, with mosaic
“Dove Mosaic,” mosaic by Sosos?: Original of 2nd c. BC; from Hadrian’s Villa, Tibur (modern Tivoli) (Hadrianic period)
“Dove Mosaic,” mosaic by Sosos?: Original of 2nd c. BC; from Hadrian’s Villa, Tibur (modern Tivoli) (Hadrianic period)
Unswept Floor; early 2nd c. BCE, in Vatican Museum
Unswept Floor; early 2nd c. BCE, in Vatican Museum
Mosaic by Dioskourides of Samos: Strolling musicians, copied from 3rd c. original; from Pompeii (Hellenistic period, dated to ca. 100 BC; now at Arch. Museum of Naples)
Mosaic by Dioskourides of Samos: Strolling musicians, copied from 3rd c. original; from Pompeii (Hellenistic period, dated to ca. 100 BC; now at Arch. Museum of Naples)
Mosaic: Scene from a comedy (after a 3rd c. original); from Pompeii, made of stone (Republican period)
Mosaic: Scene from a comedy (after a 3rd c. original); from Pompeii, made of stone (Republican period)
Mosaic: Dancing and exercising girls; from Villa Romana del Casale, Piazza Armerina (Late Antique period, dated to 4 c. AD)
Mosaic: Dancing and exercising girls; from Villa Romana del Casale, Piazza Armerina (Late Antique period, dated to 4 c. AD)
Pavement architecture, from Domus Augustiana, Rome, made of marble, in Opus Sectile style
Pavement architecture, from Domus Augustiana, Rome, made of marble, in Opus Sectile style